Lsherm:At 71, there were far more deserving people than him who could have used it, and for better reasons than letting him off the hook for his drug and alcohol abuse.

Welcome to America. Ya got a dump truck fulla money? Well, ok... we'll shove this guy's liver in you so you can dodder on for another couple of years. No dump truck fulla money, you say? F*ck you. But hey, at least we're not one of them evil commie nations with their free or affordable healthcare, amirite?

To be fair to the Reeds, Mr. Reed's buddy Andy Warhol would be alive today if he'd returned to his hometown (Pittsburgh) for what, thanks to NYC hospital disfunction, turned out to be his last hospital visit.

GibbyTheMole:Welcome to America. Ya got a dump truck fulla money? Well, ok... we'll shove this guy's liver heart in you so you can dodder on for another couple of years. No dump truck fulla money, you say? F*ck you. But hey, at least we're not one of them evil commie nations with their free or affordable healthcare, amirite?

cryinoutloud:GibbyTheMole: Welcome to America. Ya got a dump truck fulla money? Well, ok... we'll shove this guy's liver heart in you so you can dodder on for another couple of years. No dump truck fulla money, you say? F*ck you. But hey, at least we're not one of them evil commie nations with their free or affordable healthcare, amirite?

YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT?

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and I'm sure many many other rich liberal folk who bought their way to the front of the waiting list.

But then don't let your hatred of people with differing political views get in the way of you making completely asinine comments.

GibbyTheMole:Lsherm: At 71, there were far more deserving people than him who could have used it, and for better reasons than letting him off the hook for his drug and alcohol abuse.

Welcome to America. Ya got a dump truck fulla money? Well, ok... we'll shove this guy's liver in you so you can dodder on for another couple of years. No dump truck fulla money, you say? F*ck you. But hey, at least we're not one of them evil commie nations with their free or affordable healthcare, amirite?

Dwight_Yeast:GibbyTheMole: Lsherm: At 71, there were far more deserving people than him who could have used it, and for better reasons than letting him off the hook for his drug and alcohol abuse.

Welcome to America. Ya got a dump truck fulla money? Well, ok... we'll shove this guy's liver in you so you can dodder on for another couple of years. No dump truck fulla money, you say? F*ck you. But hey, at least we're not one of them evil commie nations with their free or affordable healthcare, amirite?

To be fair, Reed has been sober for thirty-odd years at this point.

That's exactly what I was thinking/wondering too....I had thought he had quit drinking sometime around "Growing up in Public" and "The Blue Mask"